Psalm 2: Which Son Shall We Kiss? You can't make the ideological rhetoric of Psalm 2 palatable simply by painting it with Jesus. At least, not unless you turn it on its head. Which is exactly what happens.
Adnan Syed and the Parable of the Talents A reflection on Matthew 25:14-30 originally preached at St. Brigids Vancouver, an emerging Christian community rooted in the Anglican tradition.
Parental Advisory: Idols are F**ked up When you don’t give a flying f**k about the people in misery, when you are happy to rape their land, wipe out whole towns of peasants, allow education and health care to become almost non-existent, and in the process leave the nation with insupportable debt for generations to come, then it sure looks like some sort of idolatry is afoot. Only idolatry can explain this sacrifice of people, land and the future. Idols require sacrifice, and they have an insatiable appetite for children.
Clash of Empires This is a story about empires colliding – the Roman Empire colliding with the upstart anti-empire that Jesus referred to ironically as “the Kingdom of God.”
World Vision & Church Discipline I’m making a list. A shortlist, so to speak. A short, concise list, of those who, in the wake of this World Vision fiasco, need to come under strict church discipline.
Creation, Fall and the Two Kingdoms [On the weekend of February 21 and 22, Sylvia Keesmaat and I had the great honour of participating in the TrueCity Conference in Hamilton: “A Tale of Two Kingdoms”.
Pale Reflection. Black Mirror. A meditation inspired by Luke 20:27-38 and Arcade Fire’s Reflektor. Where were we again?
Wedding Song A reflection on Matthew 9:14-17 delivered at the noon Eucharist of the Lutheran-Anglican Joint Assembly in Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday July 6, 2013.
Hastings and Main by Andrew Stephens-Rennie We bow down …in praise and discomfort …in confusion and agony and joy All the while …the newsman naps …in his truck outside.